[olug] basic SSH help

Quinn Coldiron qcoldir at nmhs.org
Wed Mar 19 16:20:27 UTC 2003


Super!  That worked.  Thanks Mike and David!

On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 10:10, David Walker wrote:
> When you initially run ssh-keygen and it asks for a passphrase just hit enter 
> to create a set of keys with no passphrase.
> 
> To remove a passphrase from an existing private key use
> ssh-keygen -pf filename
> 
> On Wednesday 19 March 2003 09:13 am, Quinn Coldiron wrote:
> > I just downloaded and compiled openssh 3.5p1 on my Linux laptop and one
> > of my AIX boxes.  I have generated the public/private keys put the
> > public keys in the authorized_keys file on each box and I can ssh to
> > each just fine, but I get prompted for the passphrase.  How do I get it
> > so I'm not prompted for the passphrase?
> 
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